Paul Collingwood won the toss at Headingley this morning and decided to bowl in a game where victory could put Durham right into the County Championship title race.

The pitch is light in colour with some dark clouds amongst the blue sky, and Collingwood has obviously seen enough to believe that the Riversiders can make early inroads.

Although he was in the 13-man squad, Graham Onions' back injury has not recovered enough for him to play, although Mark Wood is back. He will have to leave the hole left by Ben Stokes, who is in England's squad for the first Test against India this week. So are Yorkshire's Joe Root, Gary Ballance and Liam Plunkett.

Durham are sixth in the table, but have a game in hand on second-placed Yorkshire and two on leaders Nottinghamshire. The gap to those two is 29 and 37 points respectively, with 24 available for a win.

A lively start for Yorkshire, scoring 13 off Chris Rushworth's opening over, although Alex Lees' second boundary was the only authentic shot.

45-0

Stuart Rayner

We're ten overs in and apart from one which kept very low from Chris Rushworth, it has been comfortable for Yorkshire. Right now it is hard to see why Paul Collingwood decided to bowl.

Twenty-eight of Yorkshire's runs have come in boundaries - some more deliberate than others.

53-0

Stuart Rayner

Four leg byes bring up Yorkshire's 50 from the last ball of the 12th over. Paul Collingwood is taking action, bringing on Mark Wood to replace Rushworth from the Kirkstall Lane End.

70-0

Stuart Rayner

An hour gone and it's looking like good conditions to bat. Alex Lees is 30 not out, Adam Lyth is unbeaten on 28 and Paul Collingwood must be starting to wish he'd called incorrectly at the toss.

93-0

Stuart Rayner

In desperate need of a breakthrough, Durham have turned to Paul Coughlin, who has gone for two boundaries in his first three deliveries.

101-0

Stuart Rayner

Adam Lyth drives Coughlin through mid-off for four to bring up the 100 partnership off 19.4 overs. Lyth has outscored his partner 45-44.

50

Stuart Rayner

A square drive takes Adam Lyth to a 71-ball 50 which has featured ten fours.

106-0

Stuart Rayner

It's the 22nd over of the first and very early to see Durham turn to a spinner but these are desperate times, so Scott Borthwick is coming on from the Rugby Ground End.

107-0

Stuart Rayner

Paul Coughlin is switching ends to the Kirkstall Lane End.

109-0

Stuart Rayner

Keaton Jennings is not having a great morning. Hit on the leg early in the day, he has just taken a full-blooded pull from Alex Lees oin the helmet. Fortunately, he has been willing and able to get on with it.

113-0

Stuart Rayner

Durham got excited when an Alex Lees cut flew between slip and gully, but it goes for his eighth four, taking the left-hander to 50. It took him 67 balls.

126-0

Stuart Rayner

Alex Lees comes down the pitch and hits Scott Borthwick on the full back over his head for six.

127-0

Stuart Rayner

Umpire Richard Kettleborough is taking great interest in the line of Scott Borthwick's follow-through, which is far too central for his liking.

132-0

Stuart Rayner

Paul Coughlin bowls an absolute beauty to Adam Lyth, who follows it without laying bat on it. It is one of the few moments to excite Durham's bowlers today.

129-0

Stuart Rayner

Paul Coughlin has gone for 32 from his first five overs.

138-0

Stuart Rayner

Paul Coughlin strides over purposefully, cap and jumper in hand ready to bowl the 29th over, and Paul Collingwood tells him to put them back on. Chris Rushworth is coming on instead for the Kirkstall Lane End.

Lunch

Stuart Rayner

There's no disguising it, it's been a terrible morning for Durham.

Paul Collingwood won the toss and he is almost certainly now asking himself what possessed him to bowl. The pitch looks flat, and the outfield is lopsided towards the Western Terrace.

Apart from a Chris Rushworth delivery which scuttled through in the third over, Adam Lyth and Alex Lees have been more or less untroubled in making 145-0 in the 32 overs before lunch.

Lyth has 67 of them, while Lees is 66 not out.

A lot of the runs have been driven, with Durham pitching the ball too full in search of non-existent swing, while Scott Borthwick has bowled too short too often.

All the bowlers have suffered, with only Rushworth (8-2-26-0) and Scott Borthwick (6-1-20-0) going for less than four an over.

Durham have tried all five frontline bowlers may need to try part-timers like Keaton Jennings and Collingwood himself because Plan A has not worked at all.

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